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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Raw As I Can Get Cashew Cheesecake

I love cheesecake. I could eat an entire cheesecake, yet I haven't had the motivation to try and make a sugar free version of real cheesecake.

However, I discovered at WOW (the raw foodist restaurant I am in love with) that I also love raw cashew cheesecake. I could easily eat an entire raw cheesecake, but I don't live near WOW anymore...so this is kind of a tribute to my long, lost love.

Fortunately, there is an abundance of raw, sugar free, cashew cheesecake recipes available on the internet and I already had 10 bookmarked (I counted)...I compared them to each other while I was getting ready to make this recipe, and they are all pretty similar, sometimes with a a twist (fruit, cocoa, carob...). I picked out things I liked from each recipe I read, but I found this one for White Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake to be really straightforward and helpful. However, I wanted mine to be as close to WOW's as possible, so I kept the filling plain and added berries for topping.

I ate this as a dessert to my Raw Almond Burger. It was very lemony and so delicious. Although I shared with my family, I ate about half of the entire cake...

I am pretty sure my "raw" pecans and cashews were not really raw...but it was the best I could do for now. Also, I used maple syrup instead of honey, which is not raw...but maple syrup season just ended, and I have 6 bottles in my cupboard.